I looked up this song on here as I'm currently working it out to perform (I play guitar & sing) & I wanted to see what others had made of the meaning. The song is particularly powerful for me because of a painful split up from my partner a year ago & singing it is part of the healing from that.
Beyond the meanings commented on above, for me it also relates a situation where the differences between the two parties have taken them on divergent paths, so that to 'go along' with the other isn't possible whilst following one's own path in the circumstances one finds oneself. Nevertheless, whilst it could be taken more cynically as tinged with bitterness & irony, personally I take the song as a powerful expression of admiration & goodwill towards the other.
However, there is pain too of course & a suggestion of cruelty suffered during the relationship, but now almost welcomed & invited: 'Run your claw along my gut one last time'. The final lines of the second verse - 'And look for a smile to light the night, through a teardrop in my eye.' - to me imply the urge to take comfort in the arms of a third party, through the sorrow & loneliness of the separation.
Davian - that 'run your claw' line always bothered me as I was looking for a tender interpretation and the language seemed too coarse, your interpretation makes perfect sense.
Davian - that 'run your claw' line always bothered me as I was looking for a tender interpretation and the language seemed too coarse, your interpretation makes perfect sense.
I looked up this song on here as I'm currently working it out to perform (I play guitar & sing) & I wanted to see what others had made of the meaning. The song is particularly powerful for me because of a painful split up from my partner a year ago & singing it is part of the healing from that.
Beyond the meanings commented on above, for me it also relates a situation where the differences between the two parties have taken them on divergent paths, so that to 'go along' with the other isn't possible whilst following one's own path in the circumstances one finds oneself. Nevertheless, whilst it could be taken more cynically as tinged with bitterness & irony, personally I take the song as a powerful expression of admiration & goodwill towards the other.
However, there is pain too of course & a suggestion of cruelty suffered during the relationship, but now almost welcomed & invited: 'Run your claw along my gut one last time'. The final lines of the second verse - 'And look for a smile to light the night, through a teardrop in my eye.' - to me imply the urge to take comfort in the arms of a third party, through the sorrow & loneliness of the separation.
Davian - that 'run your claw' line always bothered me as I was looking for a tender interpretation and the language seemed too coarse, your interpretation makes perfect sense.
Davian - that 'run your claw' line always bothered me as I was looking for a tender interpretation and the language seemed too coarse, your interpretation makes perfect sense.